Pajama pants



Aug. 3, 1 943, 1'.v B. TERRY FAJAMA PANTS Filed oct. e, 1941- 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Vwln'ch may be made in Fig- 2 is a rear Patented Aug. 3,: 1943 y Ann broadlyv disclosed in '."lr

Another object 'is to vprovide a pair" orYA pants wherein thestraightV` of the fabric, particularly the warp, is disposed fV-wise across the ,front for substantially the entire height of the garment. Y

Still a furthery objective is vto provide a longe legged garment formed of two main units of material, the lowermost of the main units being formed of a cut of material extending from edge to edge across a bolt of cloth, thev top edge of the lower `unit comprising the selvedge. Additionally, it is Yherein proposed that the uppermost regions of the garment, Abe cut with a lower,

straight edge portion, preferablyselvedge, and y that the V-like Yupper unit, even to design be continued bythe the waistband. By following these principles it is proposed to utilize, to the greatest extent, the elasticity inherent in the fabric and, to provide a single intermediate seam Y which will not pull the stretch.

VYet again, it is an object to pro-vide pants theheight of the upper unit, the lower unit being standard. By standardizing theV lower unit, and

kby utilizing the selvedge of the material, it is also intended to limit the'cost of production, and yet to incorporate the advantagesflowing from the above objectives and others 'appearing inthe Viollowing specification and drawings, in whichr' i and trimming, whichfare' describdff unit, which forms the waist and abdominal side edges being downwardly v cated at 58 fand', edge terminating at beveled lower edgeif-l YSide edges58`and 68 are trimmed any one yof a plurality of f lengths, from top to. bottom, simply by altering Fig. l is a front elevation of one embodiment;V

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Fig. 3 is a plan View of the main upper and lower units utilized to make the unitsshown in Figland Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a front elevation ment of theinvention; and

Fig. 5 shows a detail of the Fig. `4vembodiment in perspective.V v

Referring first to the form illustrated Figs.V Y

1 to 3, the pajama pants designated generally elevation of the form shown in of a second embodi-j fasi cut; fbeveien guppen-'Learner tienL or cation, serial Nc 412,6 its the -ijwe'i H gi L t eserfdgeerftnamateria `downwardly divergent side edgesy 3S and 3S; VThe margins of blank Vfurther. include downwardly convergent'bottom edges `615i andvt, the/lower-v `most corners 43, 4S of which preferablyterminate 'at the longitudinal edgeopposite' edge Silof Y, the materialfrom which the blank is cut,v and arch-forming central edges i4 and 46; f

`Upper unit 28V isformedof substantially 'iden-' tical wedgeesha'ped blanks .4.8 :and 50" joined at Y their narrow edges `loy'seam 52,Lthe upperunit:

having a straight 'leweredge 54, j preferably the selvedge of theand 5,0 are cut.V V28 isnished and divergent asindi-V by reen'forcing'piece E2 and by facing 641.

' Units 2.6fand: 23'are assembled .toform the f .garment shown inV Figs.` 1- and 2Y as follows: First, top edge 3i) ofy garment; an elastic web 'i9 is then stitched, inv

Vstretched condition, immediately belowvtop edge e 56 of Vtheupper unit, thek ends of web 19 extending f Y Y facingpieces ,62 and 64,1 respectively, thereafter Q- .38 of the lowerV unit `are reto .central edges 44 and r46 [by seam's'l` and 12 as seen in Fig. 42, and the 1 beneath the upper portions oi reenforcement andA side edges 35'and spectively secured beveled corner's32 thus forming thelower part 1, of the front meidian line seen in Fig.v 1. After the beveled lower edge 68 has beerrstitchedY to .the material at 61 lllfvand l2 ap-iY on the opposite side and cuffsl plied, the garment -is complete.

The front opening in the garment shownin n Figs. 1 and 2 is closed by buttons (not shown) f f stitched to facing 6'4 which engagethrough butby numeral 2 have a waistband 4, abdominal Y y region 6, legs 8 and I9, cuffs I2 and I4, crotch I6,-

tonholes in reenforcementfpiece52,- and by but-l K tons 'I6 along the waistbandwhichy engage materialA from which blanks 48l The .tcp edge'y of upperunit arcuately concave, the straight e the lower lunitand lower. y edge 54V of the upper unit arefstitched together to form the'seamfdesignated 65 in the inishe'd and 34 are stitched'together, V Y

`through buttonholes 18 in tab 20 and in the op- -ments, 'as clearly illustrate 180, BD- which follow the y Y While the embodiments of the invention haveA Y been described in detail, the inventonis Vnot 'limited to the specific disclosure, but only bythe posite portion of the waistband. However, a modification ofV the closure structure Vis illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, in which the lower unit 26 of the pajama pants trated in Figs. 1 to 3, but

ily I8 is More specifically, formed of overlapping facing and reenforcement pieces 58 and 60 which Y H12 is constructed exy actly as lower unit 26 of the garment 2 illuswherein the upper unit 28 is constructed and closed without buttons'.

are normally maintained in overlapping relation- Y ship by lines of stitches 82 which forma rectangle and, by securing the reenforcing and facing pieces together, lprovide special reenforcement of the material which, being bias-cut, the

permanent distortion by horizontalstrainsffY l5v threads of which would otherwise Vbe subjectto In each of the embodiments extra'elasticity ism Y provided at the waistband Ad by the"v design lines warp of the fabric.V

scope ofthe following claims,

Iclaim:

Where the straight of the material extends at an acute angle, or on4 the bias, to the horizontal dimensions of the garing the upper back, waist and abdominal regions comprised of blank means substantially of U- shape having upwardly convergent side edges, a substantially straight bottom edge extending along the straight of the fabric, seam means securing said edges together, and means for holding said side edges vertically aligned in overlapping relationship along the front median line of the garment', the straightofV the fabric and K said seam'm'eans extending in downwardly converging V-formation at the front of the garment.

2. The combination claimed in claim 1, said top and bottom edges comprising the selvedgeof thefabric `from which said blank means are cut.,l 1, .Y 1 k3. The rcombination claimed in claim 1, the 'top edge' ofthe blank means comprising said upper portion being arcuately concave and forming a curve extendingv between the upper corners thereof whereby, ,whenrsaid upper cornersY are joined, .tojprovid'ea relatively high abdominal portion in thecompleted garment;

f 1. In a pants garment of woven fabric, a lower portion .including the seat, crotch, and leg regions ,i

of the garment comprised. of blank meanssubstantially of inverted U-shape andy having a substantially straight top edge extending along the 4. The' combination claimedin claim 1, the top edge of said blank means comprising 4said upper portion beingarcuately concave and forming a-curve Vextending 'betweentheupper corners thereofthe straight of the fabric. of said blank Vmeans extending tangential to saidcurvef Y TRENT B. TERRY.

straight of the fabric, an upper portion includ-` at the center Y 

